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terrigenous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables
ter-rige-nous
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Produced by the earth.

adj

Derived from the erosion of land-based rocks.

Etymology

Latin terrigena (“land-born”) + -ous

Questions

What does terrigenous mean?
Produced by the earth.
Where does terrigenous come from?
Latin terrigena (“land-born”) + -ous

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